Title The strong state in Russia : development and crisis / Andrei P. Tsygankov

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Contents Preface -- INTRODUCTION: Russia from two perspectives -- The roots of the Russian state: autocracy -- A BRIEF HISTORY: Emergence and development -- Decline and revolution -- The Soviet state -- THE TRANSITION: The Soviet breakup -- The Smuta of the 1990s -- THE REVIVAL: Putin's system -- State-led capitalism -- The managed democracy -- The normal great power -- THE CRISIS: Protest -- Ethno-nationalism -- Corruption -- Tensions with the West -- CONCLUSION: Whither the Russian state? Summary Tsygankov provides a succinct account of the major periods in evolution of Russia's strong state construct by reviewing the external and internal contexts of its emergence, progression, and fall in Muscovy, St. Petersburg, Soviet Union, and post-Soviet Russia with an emphasis on the last two decades. Each time a combination of these contexts was distinct thereby producing different political outcomes in Russia. The book argues that a perspective on Russia from a Western viewpoint is limited and that there has been an alternative way of thinking about the nation and its problems Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Authoritarianism -- Russia (Federation) -- History Despotism -- Russia (Federation) -- History Political culture -- Russia (Federation) -- History State, The. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. Authoritarianism Despotism Political culture Politics and government State, The SUBJECT Russia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004045 Soviet Union -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125832 Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006576 Subject Russia Russia (Federation) Soviet Union Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780199336227 0199336229 9780190207328 0190207329

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